Modern Colonization by Medical Intervention: U.S. Medicine in Puerto Rico is a 2013 nonfiction book by Nicole Trujillo-Pagán. The book details how the United States and its physicians used the medical treatment of Puerto Ricans, particularly jíbaros, to colonize and occupy Puerto Rico.
Academic journal reviews De Barros, J. (2016). Review of Modern Colonization by Medical Intervention: U.S. Medicine in Puerto Rico, by N. Trujillo-Pagán. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 71(1), 101–103. Espinosa, M., & Trujillo-Pagán, N. (2015). Review of Modern Colonization by Medical Intervention: U.S. Medicine in Puerto Rico. Studies in Critical Social Sciences vol. 58. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 89(2), 356–357. Hoefte, R. (2015). Review of Modern Colonization by Medical Intervention: U.S. Medicine in Puerto Rico, by N. Trujillo-Pagán. NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, 89(3/4), 372–373.
See also Colonization of Puerto Rico by the United States Healthcare in Puerto Rico Public health in Puerto Rico
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